Winning a state championship last spring only made the BC High tennis team hungrier this season.

“Our guys wanted to repeat,” coach Lance Hutchinson said. “They’ve been talking about it all year long.”

The conversation can continue for at least a few more days after the Eagles claimed the Division 1 South Sectional championship Friday by beating arch rival Barnstable, 3-2, at Old Rochester Regional High.

Sophomore Caye Tittmann won the clinching match at second singles, rallying for a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) win over Tyler Shibles.

No. 2 BC High (19-1) avenged its only loss of the season by eliminating No. 1 Barnstable (20-1) for the second straight year.

The Eagles swept the doubles as the No. 1 team of Charles Morris and Justin McGaffigan (Quincy) won, 6-2, 6-2, and the No. 2 team of Bailey Ward (Kingston) and Pablo Ferreyra won, 6-3, 6-2.

“It was a great match, probably one of the best I’ve ever seen since I’ve been (coaching),” said Hutchinson, in his third year as the varsity boss after two seasons running the JV team.

In Monday’s state semifinals (3:30 p.m. at Newton North), BC High will face the North champ – either Lexington (21-0) or Acton-Boxboro (14-1).

In other high school tennis playoff action:

BOYS DIV. 2 SOUTH

Duxbury 4, Sharon 1: Having disposed of one (previously) unbeaten foe, the Green Dragons now will take aim at another in the state final.

No. 3 Duxbury (20-2) completed an overpowering run through the South Sectional field by eliminating top-seeded Sharon (21-1) in the final. The Green Dragons had won their previous three playoff matches by 5-0 scores.

Duxbury, the defending state champ, advances to Tuesday’s 3:30 p.m. state championship at Newton South against North champ Wayland (17-0).

“We have a very difficult task at hand,” coach John Bunar said. “Wayland is superb. If we can rely on a third singles victory from Fred Clifford we may be able to build from there.”